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...Roberto Castaņeda Felice was driving to his office in Guatemala City last week, two men on a motorcycle pulled up alongside his car. Castaņeda, the president of Guatemala's powerful Agricultural Association and a wellknown supporter of right-wing causes, speeded up. The motorcyclists followed. Now certain of an impending attack, Castaņeda began to weave through the rushhour traffic but was unable to shake off his pursuers. As they caught up to him again, the two riders pulled out pistols and fired, mortally wounding Casta?...
...Commission for Human Rights in Central America, since 1965 about 38,000 Guatemalans have been slain in political violence or have disappeared. The past four weeks alone have seen nearly 100 killings, some at the hands of leftist guerrillas, the overwhelming majority by government security forces and right-wing death squads. The upsurge in violence comes as the country is beginning to prepare for November elections that are expected to bring to power Guatemala's first nonmilitary government in two decades. The elections are part of a campaign to win increased financial support from the U.S., particularly a resumption...
Between 1980 and 1983, the Guatemalan army had fought aggressively and cut the insurgents' strength from 9,000 to 3,000 armed men. But since then, coordination between four once disparate left-wing guerrilla groups has improved following the creation of a coalition known as the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity. The rebels mount sporadic urban terrorist attacks but operate mainly in border areas where military control is tenuous...
...newspaper journalists think on a wide range of issues with what the public thinks. Noting the differences, Public Opinion asks, "Does it matter?" It concludes from the same poll, "The public gives the news media high marks for professionalism, fairness, accuracy and reliability, and people perceive no serious left-wing bias in the material they see and read. Bias is not a major grievance for the public...
...whole controversy now seems a little dated, credit Reagan's success in changing the political atmosphere. He has created a tranquil public acceptance of his presidency much like Eisenhower's, while proposing reforms as potentially sweeping as Roosevelt's. This change conditions the behavior of both the right wing and the press. Right-wingers used to argue that Reagan's popularity proved the victory of their ideology. Consequently, any press questioning of Reagan's program was "out of step with the rest of America," and any compromise by Reagan was the fault of pragmatists on his staff who would...